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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0423 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES EXPECTED OVER
PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST US THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TO VIOLENT...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER
PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST US THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       FAR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
       NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
       SOUTHERN TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES REGION AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF
COAST STATES.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ERUPT OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A POWERFUL STORM
SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STORMS
WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND
SOUTHEAST STATES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS
DEVELOPING INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGION. STORMS
WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEASTERN...MIDDLE
ATLANTIC...AND SOUTHEASTERN STATES DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ENCOUNTER A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR
MASS...THEY WILL RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
STRONG TO VIOLENT...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.

THE MOST INTENSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...FAR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHERN
TENNESSEE. A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS. FUTURE FORECASTS MAY EXPAND THIS AREA TO INCLUDE
PORTIONS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE...AS WELL AS AREAS FARTHER SOUTH INTO
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA.

STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO
REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO
RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE
WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.

..COHEN.. 04/27/2011



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